Spool-holder.



No. 799,709. PATBNTED MAY 23, 1905.

w. E. VILLINGER & c. MAOMILLAN. Y

SPOOL HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7, 1904.

WITNESSES.- JNVENTORJ Patented May 23, 1905.

Price.

PATENT I/VILLIAM E. VILLINGER AND CLYDE MACMILLAN, OF WVILLIAMSPORT,

' PENNSYLVANIA.

SPOOL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 790,709, dated. May 23, 1905.

Application filed June '7, 1904. Serial No. 211,536.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that we, WILLIAM E. VILLINGER and CLYDE MACMILLAN, citizens of the United States, residing at Williamsport, in the county of Lycoming and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Spool-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in spool-holders; and the object is the provision of a device of the simplest, cheapest, and most durable construction by means of which a spool may be held in proper position and attached to the garment of the user and enable thread to be unwound with ease.

Another object of our invention is the provision of a practical device for holding the spool and which will have means for clipping or cutting the thread, and thus make the article extremely handy and desirable.

With these objects in view our invention consists of a spool holder embodying novel features of construction and arrangement and adaptation of parts for service, substantially as disclosed herein.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the complete device. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of the device with the spool attached. Fig. 3 represents a side elevation, and Fig. 4 represents a perspective View of one of the disks carrying the thread cutter or knife.

Our spool holder is of extremely simple construction, and the main portion is made from a single piece of wire bent to form the frame, which consists of the lower or depending loop A, which is adapted to engage a button, the side portions B, which are inclined upward and at their highest point are formed with the inward-extending arms or bails C, which enter the opening of the spool and retain the spool by the spring action of the sides of the frame in place, and one of said side portions is formed with the hook or keeper D, the arm E, the coil or spring F, and the terminal pin Gr, forming a safety-pin, and the other arm of the frame is provided at its upper end with an engaging hook or bend H,

which engages near the coil, and thus con meets the part in proper relation. To each of the sides of the frame, at the inclined portion thereof, are connected the disks J, which are formed with stamped-up portions or lips K, which engage said arms and secure the disks, and each disk is provided with the stampedup cutting knife or blade L, the purpose of which is to cut the thread either on the right or left side.

It is evident that we provide a spool-holder which can be attached to the belt, waist, or other portion of the clothing of the person and that it will hold the spool in proper position and permit the easy unwinding of the thread as used, also that spools of any width can be applied and detached and that the thread may be cut with ease and rapidity, thus insuring a useful, desirable, and thoroughly practical spool-holder and thread-cutter.

In using our spool-holder it will be understood that the securing-pin at the upper portion of the holder engages the clothing and the eye or loop at the lower portion of the holder engages a button on the clothing, the securing-pin and the loop operating jointly to secure the holder in rigid position.

We claim 1. A spool-holder made from a single piece of material bent to form a lower attachingeye and an upper securing-pin and the two sides, each of said sides being formed with a loop for engaging the end of the spool-opening for securing the spool between said sides.

2. A spool-holder made from asingle piece of material and having the two sides, each of said sides being formed with a loop for engaging an end of the spool-opening for securing the spool between said sides, and disks having lips engaging the said sides to secure the disks and formed each with a blade for cutting the thread.

In testi .nony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM E. VILLINGER. CLYDE MACMILLAN.

Witnesses:

JOHN G. READING, WILLIAM L. WALTZ. 

